Jon Finer, US Deputy National Security Adviser: Syria has the opportunity to decide its own rule for the first time in decades. Assad's main allies were unable to provide him with assistance. It is accompanied by great risks and opportunities. It is still in the early stage, and we are still studying how to contact these groups in Syria. Policies for these groups have not been formally changed. We'd better not make a decision until we know more clearly what they will do."Debt Bull" launched a number of treasury bonds futures varieties to a new high. Yesterday, the bond market once again took the bull. On December 10th, 30-year, 10-year, 5-year and 2-year treasury bond futures all hit record highs. Looking at it for a long time, since the beginning of this year, 30-year treasury bond futures have risen by nearly 16%, 10-year treasury bond futures have risen by over 5%, and 5-year treasury bond futures have risen by over 3%. Analysts pointed out that the logic of broad-spectrum interest rate downward has run through the whole year of 2024, and it is expected to continue to form an important support for the bond market in the long run. The recent market strength is not only an emotional effect at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, but also a blocking point to dredge and guide the overall downward trend of interest rates. (Securities Times)Israeli Defense Minister: Israel is setting up a demilitarized "defense zone" in Syria. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on the 10th that Israel is setting up a demilitarized "defense zone" on the Syrian side of the existing Israeli-Syrian military buffer zone to prevent "hostile forces" from approaching Israel. According to Israeli media reports, Katz said during his visit to the naval base in Haifa, a city in northern Israel, that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the Israeli army to set up this "defense zone", which would be "free from weapons and armed threats" and "free from the permanent presence of the Israeli army". Katz did not provide the geographical boundaries of this area or the details of what Israel would do. He said that the Israeli army is currently completing its deployment in military buffer zones and strategic areas to "protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens".
The heads of the South Korean Police Department and Seoul Local Police Department were arrested urgently. According to Yonhap News Agency's report quoted by the special investigation team, the South Korean authorities arrested two heads of the police department without arrest warrants on suspicion of preventing them from entering or leaving the National Assembly during martial law. According to reports, Cho Ji-ho, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Bong-sik, director of the Seoul Local Police Department, were "urgently arrested".US President Biden: Raising tariffs would be a major mistake.Lake, an executive of JPMorgan Chase: JPMorgan Chase will increase wealth management consultants. It is estimated that the market revenue will increase by 15% in the fourth quarter compared with the same period of last year.
Wells Fargo lowered the target price of LyondellBasell from $105.00 to $95.00.During the year, the amount of A-share repurchase has exceeded 160 billion yuan, and "cancellation" has become the mainstream. Wind data shows that 2,446 repurchase schemes have been implemented this year, involving more than 160 billion yuan, far exceeding the level of last year. Different from the past, the current wave of buybacks is characterized by great strength, short term, quick implementation and large number of cancelled buybacks. At the same time, with the support of special loans for stock repurchase, more and more listed companies join the buyback team. Not only are there a large number of listed companies participating in the repurchase, but the "efficiency" of this round of repurchase is also high, and the short term and quick implementation have become a point of view. At the same time, write-off repurchase has become the mainstream. In addition to Hikvision, Kweichow Moutai plans to implement a share repurchase plan with its own funds of 3 billion to 6 billion yuan, and the repurchased shares will be used to cancel and reduce the registered capital of the company. In addition, companies such as Wuxi PharmaTech, Jiu 'an Medical, and Yili Co., Ltd. disclosed repurchase plans with a ceiling of more than 1 billion yuan, and all of them were used for capital reduction and cancellation. (Securities Times)Colgate has spent about 4-5 years transforming data and analysis.